assignment 3

will it ever change

I hold back a tear
and i pray in fear
to keep my love ones
year after year

the love i have makes my heart filled
but any moment someones killed

where i live is what makes me
to be able to walk down the street
i feel free

everyday you see it grow
minneapolis is my home

but home is a place
where you call safe

i lay myself down to sleep
wake at night to hear 3 gun shots
and the police

don't wear red
don't wear blue
or end up in the hospital
with a gun shot wound

i walk to the store
i go outside
always feeling a rush inside

i stop in my shoes
but what am i doing
5 mins later theres a drive by shooting

~by brianna


swinging on my swing

flinging hair round and round
higher i go above the ground
my stomach turns my stomach ties
closing my eyes against the blue sky

made with wood two white strings
nailed in my swing

kicking my legs
back and fourth
swinging on my swing
more and more

i go to sleep
and i being dreaming
as i am
swinging and swinging

being five
i had the best times
getting up at sunrise
and running outside

standing at the door
looking out to my swing
i even remember what i wore

my swing so calm
i touch the white string
with my soft palm
swinging high as the tree
just my swing and me

~by brianna

assignment 2

1. I remember in my 2nd grade English class once a month we would have a book choice day. every time we got to choose a new book from this big selection of all these kids book. my mom always talk to me about being a giving person so i found this book called The Giving tree Shel silerstone. After reading this book i completely fell in love with and its still prob my favorite book till this day.

2. The book means alot to me because i thing giving things up to someone is a big responsibility especially when you don't get anything out of it. that just shows how much you think of others. when i do a good deed for someone else it makes me feel good because i know i made someones day . this what exactly happened in the novel about a tree who gave every little piece of her to a boy who was her friend.

3. through out the book you continuously see the passage " and the tree was happy" thats my favorite passage because no matter what she had left if she has anything left her (apples, branches, leaves etc.) she remained happy because she knew she was doing something good for her friend the only one she had.

4. now select 1 of the 2 prompts below

1. think of a time when you made someone happy or did a good deed for someone else

2. write about a time when someone did a good deed for you

things remembered assignment 2

a specific piece of writing that really surprised me was when christina Aguilera came out with the song believe me it was a piece of her writng that really touch me. i undertand where she was coming from when she sung it, its a really beautiful song to all of your friends and family.

About bri

Hi all you ehs students thanks for taking the time to read my blog. If you don't already know me or about me then check this out

My name is bri

i am a senior "08"

i've attended ehs since my freshman year

i work at bruegger's bagel

i love dancing

i love traveling

i love all kinds of music but mainly hip hop

Activites

i've participated in s.a.l.t since my sophmore year

and hip hop dance since my sophmore year

writing interests

i love writing journals expressing myself and my personal feelings.

I try and write poems but im not the best at them.

i enjoy reading love poems, funny poems, or poems with lots of meaning.

i read books in my spare time so im always interested in reading

different types of writing and short stories

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over the next four months i want to continue my hard work in school keep up the grades and find the exact college i want to attend hopefully winona or maybe mankato..I ALSO JUST WANT TO ENJOY MY SENIOR YEAR AT EDINA!!!